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S. C. K. BOHM.

SHOE. No. 340,547. Patented Apr. 27, 1886.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

soREN e. K. BOHM, or SOUTH NATIGK, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,547, dated April27, 1886.

Application filed February 27, 1886. Serial No. 193,439.

To all whom it nwty concern:

Be it known that 1, SoREN O. K. BoI-IM, of South Natick, county ofMiddlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inShoes, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompany ing drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a high-cut shoe of theclass commonly termed Congress gaiters, in which the upper is formedsubstantially from a- Single piece and cut from the pattern to be hereindescribed.

The invention consists in a higlrcut shoe composed of the usual bottomor sole and an upper attached thereto in usual manner, the upper(comprising the vamp and quarter pieces) being cut from a pattern havinga slit extending inward from one edge for a short distance to form thetop of the rear quarterpieces, and also having interiorly-cut-awayportions to receive the usual goring, the top portion of one ofthe frontquarter-pieces being cut independently and sewed to the remainingportion to thereby complete the upper.

Figure 1 shows a piece of leather cut from a pattern of like shape toform the upper of the shoe to be herein described, the independ entpiece to be attached to one of the fore quarter-pieces being shown ascut from the small piece cut out to receive the goring; and Fig. 2 aside elevation of a shoe embodying my invention.

The upper, (shown in Fig. 1,) cut from a suitable pattern to form a shoecommonly termed a Congress gaiter, comprises in one piece the vamp a,fore quarters, b b, and rear quarters; c a, suitable elongated openings,at d, being left between the front and rear quarters to receive thegoring in the usual manner.

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As will be seen, in order to cut the upper from a single piece ofleather and leave the openings for the goring extending diagonally withrelation to each other, only one full fore quarter piece can be cutintegral with the vamp, and a small independent piece, 6, cut from somesmall pieces of material are sewed to the other fore quarter to completethe same. This small piece e may be cut from the piece of leather cutout at d, as shown in Fig. 1. The upper thus cut and having the smallpiece 6 sewed to one of the fore quarters and the goring inserted is ormay be crimped in any usual manner. The heel-seam being thus formed, theupper is united to the bottom or sole B to thus form a completed shoe.

A shoe constructed from the pattern herein described can be madeverycheaply, and when properly crimped has a very neat appearance, aswell as being able to better withstand the wear brought upon it.

I claim The shoe herein described, consisting of the sole B and upperattached thereto, said upper comprising in a single piece the vamp a,front and rear quarter portions, b b c c, said upper having openings (1(2 out between the said front and rear quarter-pieces, and anindependent piece, c, attached to one of the fore quarter portions, asb, to complete the upper, all as set forth.

' In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

serum 0. K. Bonn.

Vitnesses:

ELLIOT PERRY, H. M. ROBBINS.

